Polybranchia orientalis

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Polybranchia orientalis
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A live individual of Polybranchia orientalis about 2 cm in length, head end towards the top of the image
Scientific classification
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Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
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Species:
P. orientalis
Binomial name
Polybranchia orientalis
(Kelaart, 1858) [1]
Synonyms [2]

Proctonotus orientalis Kelaart, 1858

Polybranchia orientalis is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Caliphyllidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

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References

  1. Kelaart E. F. (1858). "Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes". Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society , Columbo, 3(1): 84-139.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494520 on 2011-04-12